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Member's Mark Potting Mix Planting Soil, 55 Quarts

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May 5, 2026
anonymous
1 out of 5 stars review

Large pieces of wood

This was the worse potting soil. It had so many large pieces of mulch in it. For large containers it would be ok but I was potting up cuttings and it was not good.

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reply from Pennington Team

We’re sorry to hear about your experience. This mix is a premium blend of peat, composted softwood bark, composted forest products, perlite, fertilizer, and a wetting agent. The mix should contain smaller bark pieces to aid aeration and plant stability. If you’re seeing anything different, please call us at 1-800-285-7333, and our team will be happy to help resolve the issue.

May 15, 2026
anonymous
1 out of 5 stars review

Garden soil texture,no fertiliser

It’s not potting mix, texture is like garden soil. Full of wood chips. And not much of fertiliser. Non of the plants grew, all my plants were unfed..unhealthy and poor looking.

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reply from Pennington Team

We’re sorry to hear about your experience. This mix is a premium blend of peat, composted softwood bark, composted forest products, perlite, fertilizer, and a wetting agent. The mix should contain smaller bark pieces to aid aeration and plant stability. If you’re seeing anything different, please call us at 1-800-285-7333, and our team will be happy to help resolve the issue.

Dec 31, 2025
Nikki
4 out of 5 stars review

Good price

This soil is a very good price but needs some help for indoor plants; I like the wood chips but still a bit too heavy. The fertilizer smell is also a bit strong for indoor use. We will see how it holds up and whether it provides enough drainage.

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May 18, 2026
Erin
3 out of 5 stars review

Good price but lots of sticks

Not nearly as good as the Miracle Grow ContIner soil this replaced (The Blue Bag). Size of bag is good but way to many sticks in the mix. Pictured are just the bigger pieces. Please bring back the Miracle Grow.

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May 7, 2026
anonymous
1 out of 5 stars review

Terrible

This stuff is nothing like miracle Gro I planted tomato seeds, and they look terrible will never buy again Members mark needs to find somebody else to make it because it’s not even close to miracle grow

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reply from Pennington Team

We’re sorry to hear about your experience. This mix is a premium blend of peat, composted softwood bark, composted forest products, perlite, fertilizer, and a wetting agent. The mix should contain smaller bark pieces to aid aeration and plant stability. If you’re seeing anything different, please call us at 1-800-285-7333, and our team will be happy to help resolve the issue.

May 17, 2026
anonymous
1 out of 5 stars review

Terrible potting soil!

Sam’s did not carry the Miracle Grow so purchased this instead. BIG mistake! This is terrible soil. Very dry, clumpy and had a lot of twigs and sticks! Will not buy again!!!

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reply from Pennington Team

Please contact our customer service at 800-285-7333 as this is not the standard or consistency of our premium potting mix. Our customer service team will make sure you are 100% satisfied. Thanks

May 4, 2026
Charles
1 out of 5 stars review

More like mulch than potting soil. Full or large wood chunks. I normally like Members Mark products but not this one. I will stay with Miracle Grow.

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reply from Pennington Team

We’re sorry to hear about your experience. This mix is a premium blend of peat, composted softwood bark, composted forest products, perlite, fertilizer, and a wetting agent. The mix should contain smaller bark pieces to aid aeration and plant stability. If you’re seeing anything different, please call us at 1-800-285-7333, and our team will be happy to help resolve the issue.

May 10, 2026
anonymous
2 out of 5 stars review

Had to filter wood chips out

Very disappointed in this year’s Sam clubs soil because the bag was 40% chipped wood mixed in with soil. Had to laboriously screen every bag to be able to use it for starts and root crops. Avoid. You aren’t saving any money.

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reply from Pennington Team

Please contact our customer service at 800-285-7333 and they will get you 100% satisfied. This is not the consistency or quality of our premium mix and we want to be sure that we help you with this problem. Thank you

Apr 20, 2021
Laura
5 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

Happy Gardening :)

Ordered a total of 25 bags in 4 separate orders and all bags were the same great mix as listed. I was a little skeptical at first with the negative/bad reviews but was very happy with my purchases. Can’t beat the price vs other brands. I purchased at the Murrieta & Corona CA location.

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Jun 2, 2024
PSmith
5 out of 5 stars review

Great potting soil

This has worked great for us. Plants are happy, the mix has a great texture, and no quality issues. I recently purchased several bsgs of this one week, and then the big brand soil the next week when it was on sale. I truly thought they would be similar, but the Members Mark mix was superior in texture, which was fine and lightweight. The other had sticks and larger chunks of non-composted material. I'm curious to see if I will see a difference in growth once the plants are further along.

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